Scott T. Appleby is a graduate from Sacred Heart University in 1993, with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Pre-Law with minors in Sociology and Psychology. Scott was hired by the City of Bridgeport on October 24, 1994 and immediately went through extensive training by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of Connecticut Office of Emergency Management (CTOEM). Scott is the youngest Emergency Management Director and Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Chairperson in the entire United States. He is the first person ever certified as an Emergency Management Director in the City of Bridgeport. Scott not only has established himself as a premier Director in Emergency Management but also has established the City of Bridgeport's OEM/LEPC as one of the premier Emergency Service Systems in the State. Scott is also responsible in creating some first ever projects for the City of Bridgeport. They include:
Citywide Chemical Database; a Hazardous Materials and Natural Disaster Guide; numerous Community Awareness Seminars for All Hazards; a Harbor Hazard Analysis and Vulnerability Analysis.
Scott also ran and created a Chemical (Chlorine) Exercise in 1995, which had representatives from the State, local, and outside emergency services. In April 1998 the City of Bridgeport participated in a Federal and Statewide Hurricane Exercise called Response 98, which Scott was in charge of running for the City.
In 1998 Scott created the BPT Citywide Y2K Team (Emergency Planning and Public Awareness), and was working with the American Red Cross on Project Care (Homeless Project).
In 1999 Scott received the award for Emergency Manager of the Year for Fairfield County, and was in the top five for Emergency Manager of the Year for the Northeast. He also created an All Hazard Emergency Procedure for the Board of Education (following incident at Columbine, Colorado).
In March 2000 he assisted with the State of CT OEM, CT National Guard, and National Security Sub-committee in organizing and coordinating a Terrorism Exercise and was on a local panelist that gave testimony on behalf of all municipalities on needs assessments in responding to a terrorism incident.
In June 2000 Scott was awarded the Northeast States Emergency Consortium's (NESEC) Emergency Manager of the Year for the State of Connecticut.
Scott is certified through FEMA and the State OEM in the following: Emergency Planning; Disaster Preparedness; Emergency Program Manager; Radiological Emergency Management; Emergency Preparedness; Hazardous Materials Planning and Preparedness; Emergency Management: New Approaches to Safeguarding Your Community; Exercise Design and Evaluation; Incident Command System for Terrorism; Planning forAction; Hurricane Preparedness (From the National Hurricane Cenfer); and C.A.M.E.O. (Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations) certified. Scott has also participated in numerous All Hazard Conferences, Terrorism classes and seminars, Hazardous Materials Conferences, drills, TQM Teams (Building Security and Employee Physical Fitness), and has received numerous appreciation awards from various state, local, and private organizations.
Disaster Experience (1994-1999): Winter Storms (8 including Blizzard of '96), Floods (10), Hurricanes (10), Tropical Storms (1), High Wind Storms (5), Nor'easters (10), Fires with Chemicals (4), Major Fires (3), Airport Incidents (3), Chemical Incidents (15), and Bomb Threats (10). (The City of Bridgeport has experienced a great deal of storms and other emergency incidents that are-not listed with those above because the severities of those incidents have not been enough to be called a major emergency or disaster.)
The Office of Emergency Management/LEPC is located at Fire Headquarters, 30 Congress Street on the 4tn floor. Business hours are 8:30 to 4:30 M-F. If you have any questions or comments for Scott, please feel free to contact him at (203) 576-8376 or E-mail at Scotta@ci.bridgeport.ct.us or scott4@snet.net
Imagine an event like Oklahoma City or Hurricane Andrew occurring in our community, are you prepared enough to know what to do? If not please do not hesitate to call the City of Bridgeport's OEM/LEPC to get prepared.
Scott has continued his dedication to saving lives and property of the residents of the City of Bridgeport. He will continue to develop plans that will safeguard citizens as well as enhance safety among the Emergency Services. The goal of the Office of Emergency Management is to create a safer environment that will extend well into the next century.
(Scott can also be contacted for presentations or awareness seminars)
